San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-04
EDITORIAL BREVITIES,

IT was not In Texas: it was in Colo
RADIO; the train was stopped; the passen-
gers were robbed; the mails were Tifled,
and no robbers were shot. Put 1t down
right, it was not in Texas.
MEXICAN bandits on the lower Rio
Grande are terrOriZing all that region
and ranger protection proves inetfeCt-
al. Gov. RO has put on his thinking
cap to evolve solution OF the remedy.
UNITED IRELAND is particularly savage
since the imprisonment of O'Brien. Its
latest nuub ers are full Of threats, and
contain accounts, covering columns of
space, OF the meetings of the league
branches. 1t threatens re- seize the land
lords and holds them as hostages for
O'Brien's safety.
LATEST Chicago adVices represent the
condemned anarchists as weakening
and ready to ask for Communication Of
sentence. All sorts OF sensational ru-
mors are aflOat and will be until after
sentence is carried into effect. All ia
quiet, the Jail is heavily garrisoned with
police who are now out of danger OF any
bomb throwing, and the end is being
calmly awaited.
The WOman's Christian Temperance
union, in annual session at Des MOines,
Iowa, refused the opportunities OF the
third partyites to enter into q cOmbina-
ton with the St. John wing of the pro-
hIUitiOn party. These women have put
themselves on record as being opposed
to all partisan methods and will con-
tinue their work without reference to
the political movements going on.
THE Macon Telegraph reports Gov.
Foraker as saying that he wants to TAX
the tax of whi.ky and put it on land.
Gov. Foraker never said so and the only
explanation OF the matter is that the
Telegraph man lies The time is draw
ing very near in which the motive for
lying so senseleasly will be taken away.
Ii will come with the overwhelming
victory OF Foraker over Powell.
The scare over the capital dome dan
ger has resulted in a telegram calling
for the immediate presence in Austin of
Capt. LeBrum, late supervising archi-
tect of the United States treasury de-
partment, to pass upon the work. II,
| as Capt. Walsh asserts, the weight i'm
posed upon the dome foundations is
from eight to nine tons per square foot
more than they can safely bear, the as
surances OF safety must be as slight as
the prospect OF republican victory in
Texas.
MAY, June, July, August, September
and October have passed since the COM
mon council OF this city passed an Ordi-
nance, approved by vote of the people,
to expend $4,000 FOR city hall and Jail,
and $4,000 for garbage furnaces. His
honor, the mayor, holds the bonds
which he refuses to negotiate at the Of
fered price, and the vote OF the people is
rendered futile by his act. The garbage
furnaces are not bought, the city refuse
is not burned, the city health is endan-
gered, cholera is coming, and who
should be held responsible when the
epidemic breaks out?
If IT be true, as reported. that Sitting
Bull is at Standing Rock with some six
thousand Sioux and that the Crows are
in league with him, Uncle Sans boys
may as well sharpen their spurs and pre-
pare to do some hard riding after some
sharp fighting. The uncertainty Of all
reports Of Indian risings is 80 great that
there is no dependence to be placed
upon any statements made from the hos
tile country, save those officially COM
munioated to government. All the big
liars Of the frontiers seem to have CRAWL
tated into the Indian region and grown
more mendaeious with every year of
their miserable existence.